The scratch and sniff 71 westy

[mylesbaldwin]

Ordered the CORRECT handbrake cables this time and some front flexy brake hoses for the front. All brakes will be complete next week

 

[mylesbaldwin]

Took the front brakes apart to see this.. Brand new pads and fitting kit all in perfect working order

And what actually is a brand new calipers on the passages side.
Winning...

Painted calipers up nicely. Now just awaiting a delivery Monday and I can finish the brakes off happy days.

 

[mylesbaldwin]

So the new front brake pipes are all fitted flexy and metal

Even receive the correct hand brake cable today too

All the front and rear brakes finally built up now

Cut a few areas ready for some small patches to be welded in too.

Front arch

Under drivers seat

And rear arch

 

[mylesbaldwin]

Received more goodies today, this time my engine bearings and push rod tubes.
Stripped the crank down on my lunch break ready to go back together tomorrow

 

[71dormy]

Fair play dude your on it

 

[mylesbaldwin]

Built the crank back up with fresh new bearing

Cleaned up the casings and popped the crank in

Fitted new camshaft bearings and big end bearings and then fitted the con Rods back in and the camshaft

Sealed the casing and slotted it together and tightened

Sorted I though.... But no the cranks shaft wouldn't turn... All that came to my head was fuck!
So split the casing again to find the end main bearing had moved slightly off the dowl when we slotted it together. Ended in a damaged bearing so... More money needed to be spend on more bearing not happy!!!
One good news from today though.. My alternator that Austin gave me came back from being tested and it's all okay

After calming down from the stupid engine problem we started to underseal

More coats when this drys. As for underseal I swear im wearing most of it :/

 

[mylesbaldwin]

 

[mylesbaldwin]

HORSE SHOW PLATES HAVE AREIVED!!!!

Excited to fit these!

 

[mylesbaldwin]

Fitted the drivers side horse shoe plate on my lunch break

Going to crack on with it all tomorrow after work

 

[mylesbaldwin]

Fitted the horse shoe plate but ended up having to go back to 0 splines on the torsion bar. Wasn't happy with that so changed the rear tyre to a 175/65 and ran 1 spline with the shoes.

So much better

Started on the floor pan on the drivers side so took the door off to make it easier.

Not the best welder but austins gonna head over tomorrow and finished it off for me

Stuck some filler on a slight dent

Just because I was next to some filler
Took the rear side window out after a few sharp words

Need a new one too
And some more welding

This is a keeper...

More work needed on the engine lid but the mrs brother is good with fibreglass and is a cheap fixed just so I can get her looking good for now! Will buy a new one later on the year when's money's flowing more

Lesson of the night...

don't hit yourself with a hammer!!!
Packed away for another night. Time for bed been a long ass day!

 

[71dormy]

Mate I leave you for a few hours and you go nuts! Fair play mate.your cracking on

 

[mylesbaldwin]

Mate I leave you for a few hours and you go nuts! Fair play mate.your cracking on

There's no time to waste my friend no time at all! Or no money either :/ haha

 

[mylesbaldwin]

floor finished on drivers side

Filled the roof off on my lunch and started sanding it down

I want a tin top now :/

Austins sweet mk2 in for some welding, tyres and MOT

 

[Graham L]

Myles, be careful running 175/65s on the rear is not a great idea, rolling radius is a lot smaller than a standard tyre and your engine will have to work a lot harder to achieve the same speed if you had larger tyres,


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[mylesbaldwin]

Myles, be careful running 175/65s on the rear is not a great idea, rolling radius is a lot smaller than a standard tyre and your engine will have to work a lot harder to achieve the same speed if you had larger tyres,


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Cheers Graham, what would you recommend?

 

[Graham L]

If still on 14's then you should nearly stick as close as possible to stock size, 185/80/14 if on 15's then you can go to 185/65/15.
Anything less than this will affect your rolling radius and over rev your engine.

There's an online tyre size calculator, if you do a search for miata tyre size calculator it should come up.


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[dubscum]

mate i see what you mean about the rear corner :? I also have some nice lower window frames if you want them too

 

[mylesbaldwin]

If still on 14's then you should nearly stick as close as possible to stock size, 185/80/14 if on 15's then you can go to 185/65/15.
Anything less than this will affect your rolling radius and over rev your engine.

There's an online tyre size calculator, if you do a search for miata tyre size calculator it should come up.


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Thanks graham, will have a look at tyres once I get some adjustable spring plates so I can fit the wheel/tyre in. Il give you a call this week about popping up to get those bits. Cheers

 

[mylesbaldwin]

mate i see what you mean about the rear corner :? I also have some nice lower window frames if you want them too

Don't tempt me with more parts what price we talking?

 

[mylesbaldwin]

Someone outbid me on this which I was annoyed about but even more so because my phone froze before I could bid again!! I would have won

All the windows are out now except the front doors

Started to sand the roof down too on my break

Received my order of paint for the engine bay today too

Quickly painted the fuel tank cover too
Going to crack on again tonight